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Lion Heart

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Why girls are always
attracted to bad boys? Hmmm, or to put it in another way; why do bad boys
always seem so attractive for girls? The problem is whether on the girls side
or the bad boys side. Well, that’s if there is a problem after all. But what if
there’s actually no problem at all? What if that’s just how girls’ mind works?
What if that’s just the mechanism of girls’ mind to always seem attracted to
bad guys. What is “bad” anyway? Is it “cannot stay loyal to just one girl”?
What is “loyal” anyway? Is it “being monogamous”? Well, the funny thing is,
boys always say that they are monogamous when it comes to love, when actually
nobody is. Okay, the thing about girls is that most of the times we’re easily
attracted by bad boys. Let’s define it as easy going yet caring, not giving a
shit yet clever, independent, free-spirited, and, yeah, all other cool acts.
Let’s call it “lion heart”, a guy with a heart like lion that always jump
around here and there looking for preys. Now, the next thing is that, that kind
of guy really is attractive. And the trouble with love is, when a girl falls
for a guy like this, there’s no stopping her for trying to tame the lion heart;
not even her parents, not even her friends, not even her consciousness;
nothing.

“Lion Heart” is the title song of Girls’
Generation’s fifth Korean studio album of the same name. It marks the group’s
first album with eight members, after the departure of Jessica Jung back in
September 2014. The album was released on August 19th 2015, with the song
released a day before on August 18th 2015 as the second single from the album.
“Lion Heart” is a bubblegum pop track with 1960s American retro sound and jazzy
melody. The lyrics were written by Jam Factory and Joy Factory, while Sean Alexander,
Darren ‘Baby Dee Beats’ Smith, and Claudia Brant composed the music. It was
arranged by Avenue 52, Darren ‘Baby Dee Beats’ Smith. The music video for “Lion
Heart” was premiered on Mnet on
August 17th 2015. Just like the song’s lyrics, the video narrates a story where
the members of Girls’ Generation fall in love with a male protagonist, who
later turns out to be an eight-timing player.

"Lion Heart" album cover | source: en.wikipedia.org

Lyrically, “Lion
Heart” talks about women falling in love with men who have a cheating heart and
how they try to tame him like taming a lion. Well, as I said above, bad guys
really are attractive. And somehow, despite knowing already that they’re ‘bad’,
we just can’t help falling for them. “When
we first met, like a lion making circles around me, you waited for a chance and
then stole my heart. You haven’t changed, you’re still the same, and I get
anxious and anxious inside. Your eyes keep wandering around, looking for your
next prey. Though I should’ve pushed you away hundreds of times, though I
should’ve left you hundreds of times.” Though our common sense has told us
to snap out of it, somehow it only triggers us more and more to get his heart. Though
we are fully aware of all the consequences, somehow we feel challenged more by
that. “You’re a free soul; you’re still
the same. You always stay true to your instincts; can’t you see me now right
next to you? I think about it hundreds of times, but even after thousands of
times, the answer is you.”

Yeah, maybe that’s
just the answer. Those guys with a wild lion heart are somehow challengingly intriguing.
Therefore, it has aroused our curiosity to tame them. And when a woman got
challenged, then this is serious. That guy is in trouble, like, seriously in
trouble. “When I was peacefully sleeping,
you poked my nose, and now I’m getting mad.” Nothing can get in between a
woman who falls like crazy for a man. And everything is fair in love and war. Well,
love is like a war, indeed. We can be more rigolous than Sherlock Holmes. We can
be more frugal than Detective Conan. We can be more precise than Hawkeye. That’s
the only way we can get our self-fulfillment. We want to see this thing through
right until the end. In the end, it’s better failed trying than doing nothing
at all, right, girls? “Tell me why, why
can’t your heart just stay in one place? I’m right here by your side. Get your
act together, lion heart. I’m so anxious; so that my heart doesn’t get cold,
your heart that jumps around here and there, I’ll try to tame it, lion heart.”

What are we actually
expected from it? What are we hoping to achieve? At times, we even question
ourselves why we keep doing this. Most of the times, we even have countless
doubts and fears regarding to it. However, in the end, the answer is him. Even
when the world surrounds us says no, what can we do when our own heart says
yes? I bet all girls have been through thing like this. “Ladies y’all know what I’m talking about right? Sometimes you still
like someone when everyone tells you that he’s bad; it’s only my heart that is
important. Faster than the wind but with a steaming heart; with warmer words
than the sun but also a clear mind, I want to tame your lion heart.” Not
only with a warm heart, but also using a cold head, love will always find its
way through intelligence, patience, and sincerity. By using all of that, we
will tame the lion heart, so that it won’t bounce around here and there anymore.
“From today on, come and sit here. From
today on, only stay by my side. From today on, don’t look elsewhere, lion
heart.”

So here is the
message for all men out there, particularly for you who think that you have a
wild heart like a lion; don’t mess with a woman unless you are really into her.
Because, well, you never know what a woman is able to do in order to get you on
her knees. They say that love could make us blind, well, that has a point too. However,
women nowadays know how to put their head before their heart. We might do
anything for love, but we would do everything to make it right. We might be
losing all of our senses, but we would make sure that we get something in
return. This doesn’t make us being insincere or demanding. On the other hand,
this is what makes us worth fighting for; a woman who has her own value toward
everything. This doesn’t make us being weak in front of love. On the contrary,
this is what makes us being brave to fight for what we need. And I believe, eventually,
a woman like this is the kind of woman who will get to tame the lion heart. And
eventually, the lion heart will fall for this kind of woman.

“Sometimes you still like someone
when everyone tells you that he’s bad; it’s only my heart that is important.
Faster than the wind but with a steaming heart; with warmer words than the sun
but also a clear mind, I want to tame your lion heart.” –Girls’
Generation, Lion Heart